Best 10 Sazón Recipes
Sazon is a flavorful blend of spices and herbs commonly used in Puerto Rican and Latin American cuisine. It's a staple ingredient in many traditional dishes and can be used to add a bold, savory flavor to rice, beans, meats, and stews. Sazon typically includes ingredients like annatto seeds, garlic, cumin, oregano, coriander, and achiote. It can be purchased pre-made or made at home with whole or ground spices. This article provides several delicious recipes that showcase the versatility of sazon. From classic Puerto Rican rice and beans to flavorful chicken and fish dishes, these recipes offer a taste of the Caribbean and Latin America. Dive in and explore the vibrant flavors of sazon!
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
SAZON
This is a copycat version of sazon, which I always use in Puerto Rican dishes. Other versions of this recipe call for only paprika or turmeric. I find adding both achieves the reddish-orange color without affecting flavor. The salt in this recipe can be reduced or omitted as many dishes call for additional salt. I prefer to omit and just add salt as needed to dishes while I'm cooking. I hope you will enjoy it!
Provided by SZYQ1
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Caribbean
Time 5m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine coriander, cumin, garlic powder, annatto, turmeric, black pepper, salt, and Mexican oregano in an air-tight container and mix well.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 12.3 calories, Carbohydrate 2.1 g, Fat 0.3 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 0.5 g, Sodium 577.7 mg, Sugar 0.2 g
SAZóN
Check out this homemade version of a miracle spice mixture that's a staple in Puerto Rican kitchens.
Provided by Von Diaz
Categories Spice Onion Garlic Puerto Rico Secret Weapon
Yield Makes 1/2 cup
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine all the ingredients in an airtight container, cover, and shake well to incorporate. It keeps indefinitely.
SAZóN
Cumin-heavy sazón is among the most commonly used spice blends in Puerto Rican cooking, and is also popular throughout Latin America. This seasoning is an incredible cheat, and is typically found in the international section of most supermarkets. Commercial brands are flavor bombs pumped with monosodium glutamate - MSG - that can make almost anything taste better. While I'm not MSG-phobic, I do prefer making my own blends to control both the flavor and the salt content. This is my take on sazón, minus the MSG, and with turmeric added along with the standard annatto to imbue dishes with a golden hue. Adaptation is encouraged based on preference, and if you can't find ground annatto then sweet paprika is a perfect substitute. It will keep in an air-tight container for years.
Provided by Von Diaz
Time 5m
Yield About 1/2 cup
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In an airtight container, combine all ingredients. Cover and shake well to incorporate.
- Use with carne guisada, alcapurrias or
SAZON (THE DRY MIX)
Found at Whats4Eats.com. This is a recipe a lot of people have been looking for; I hope it's what everyone wanted. If you can't find annatto, substitute paprika. NOTE: This is a copycat recipe, which is why the amount of salt is so high. If you want the same taste as commercial brands, use it all. If you don't want so much, feel free to adjust it to your taste, or leave it out entirely.
Provided by Chocolatl
Categories Puerto Rican
Time 5m
Yield 5 tablespoons, 22-23 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients and mix well.
- Store in an airtight container.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of this mix equals one packet of commercial sazon.
SAZON GOYA BEANS AND RICE
Make and share this Sazon Goya Beans and Rice recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ksevksev
Categories Vegan
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Start the rice cooking if you want to serve it over rice.
- saute onions, garlic and peppers until tender in olive oil in a pan large enough to simmer all ingredients (about 5 minutes).
- Add everything else except cilantro and lime wedges and simmer for 8 minutes.
- Sprinkle with cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
SAZON RICE
Goes great with Mexican food. I can't remember where I picked this recipe up, but originally I found it on the internet. Unfortunately, I didn't have the url on the printout I had laying around. Originally it called for 1 packet of Sazon seasoning, but I used dry Sazon instead. If you don't have that, you might try using some Mexican seasoning blend with perhaps a little bit of annato.
Provided by PalatablePastime
Categories Long Grain Rice
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender.
- Allow to sit 5-10 minutes undisturbed, then remove lid and fluff rice with a fork before serving.
SAZóN-SPICED SHRIMP AND OKRA
Fresh okra is wonderfully versatile, and searing it in a hot pan is one way to lend texture while preserving its shape. This dish comes together entirely within a large skillet; you'll work in stages to cook the okra and then the shrimp. A dusting of annatto-infused sazón adds aromatic and earthy flavors, and a tinge of spice. Finished with fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime, this dish is perfect for a light evening meal or as part of any warm-weather menu.
Provided by Yewande Komolafe
Categories dinner, quick, weeknight, seafood, main course
Time 15m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add half of the okra, cut sides down, and cook without stirring until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt, toss and cook until tender, about 1 minute more. Transfer to a plate. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the skillet and repeat the cooking process with remaining okra and an additional 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Lower the heat to medium and heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in the skillet (no need to wash). Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 1 minute. Add the garlic and jalapeño and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the shrimp and sprinkle with the sazón. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shrimp are just cooked through and the sazón toasts and becomes fragrant, about 3 minutes.
- Return the okra to the pan of shrimp and stir just to combine. Remove from the heat, add the cilantro and finish with several squeezes of lime.
HOMEMADE SAZON(NO, IT'S SOFRITO!)
Sazon is a common seasoning used in Caribbean cooking and also in Spain. Try this homemade version! Two reviewers have told me this is actually a sofrito, that sazon is a dry mix. I'm so sorry if I have offended anyone. I don't remember where I got this(some magazine long ago), so they were misinformed. I do hope you enjoy it anyway!
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Caribbean
Time 25m
Yield 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients in a blender; process until smooth.
- Pour into a saucepan; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- Remove from heat; cool.
- Cover and chill.
- Yield: about 1 cup.
SAZON DRY SPICE MIX
Sazone without MSG. Toasting the peppercorns and cumin enhances and intensifies the flavors. Adjust amounts to taste. It's a good alternative to seasoning salt and can be used as a rub. If using in rice dishes, frajitas, burritos, vegetables, enchiladas, beans, etc., add the sazon a pinch at a time to make sure the food doesn't become too salty. The optionals are not usual to sazon, but for me--the unknowing, it ups the anty.
Provided by gailanng
Categories Mexican
Time 7m
Yield 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- To toast the peppercorns and cumin seeds, heat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat for 1 minute. Place whole spices in the skillet and stir until very fragrant and the color of the cumin begins to deepen (be careful not to overcook or burn). Remove from heat and cool. Use a mortar and pestle or coffee grinder to grind into powder.
- Mix all ingredients together; store in covered container.
SAZON - SEASONED SALT
According to Healthy Latin Cooking, this tangy, spiced salt is an indispensable seasoning in Puerto Rico. Unlike commercial mixes, this has no MSG. Sprinkle sazon on meats and seafoods, or use as table salt.
Provided by Linky
Categories Puerto Rican
Time 10m
Yield 2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a small, dry skillet, combine cumin seeds and both kinds of peppercorns.
- Roast over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until lightly toasted & fragrant. Transfer to small bowl to cool.
- In a spice mill or with a mortar and pestle, grind the roasted spices until they are a fine powder.
- Stir in salt, garlic powder and oregano.
- Store sazon in airtight containers in cool, dark place.
Tips:
- Use fresh ingredients: The fresher the ingredients, the better the sazn will taste.
- Don't be afraid to experiment: There are many different ways to make sazn, so feel free to experiment with different ingredients and ratios until you find a combination that you like.
- Use a good quality olive oil: Olive oil is a key ingredient in sazn, so it's important to use a good quality oil that has a rich flavor.
- Roast the spices before using them: Roasting the spices before adding them to the sazn will help to bring out their flavor and aroma.
- Grind the spices finely: Grinding the spices finely will help them to distribute evenly throughout the sazn.
- Store the sazn in a cool, dark place: Sazn can be stored for several months in a cool, dark place.
Conclusion:
Sazn is a versatile spice blend that can be used to add flavor to a variety of dishes. It is a staple in many Middle Eastern and North African cuisines, and it is also becoming increasingly popular in other parts of the world. If you are looking for a new way to add flavor to your cooking, I encourage you to give sazn a try.
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